World's First Full-Production Fuel-Cell Vehicles Arrive in
UK

SYDNEY – July 23, 2013: Hyundai Motor Company has delivered five
full-production emissions-free hydrogen powered vehicles to London this
week. The Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles – the first
production fuel cell cars in the world – will be an integral part of
the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. Earlier this year,
the zero-emission Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell was awarded the prestigious
FuturAuto accolade at the 2013 Brussels Motor Show: a key reason for
selection was the focus by Hyundai Motor Company to ensure the ix35 became
the first mass-production, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle commercially
available.

Hyundai plans to manufacture 1.000 units of the hydrogen-powered ix35
Fuel Cell vehicles by 2015, targeted predominantly at public sector and
private fleets, with limited mass production of 10.000 units beyond 2015.
Hyundai has already signed contracts to lease the ix35 Fuel Cell to
municipal fleets in Denmark and Sweden. Additionally, the EU Fuel Cells and
Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) in Brussels has been providing since
October 2011 Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell fleet to EU policy makers and the
public in order to demonstrate the market readiness of the fuel cell
technology.

Hyundai’s third-generation fuel cell vehicle, based on the ix35
compact SUV, is equipped with a 100 kW fuel cell stack and two hydrogen
storage tanks, with a total capacity of

5.64 kg. This amount of stored hydrogen enables the ix35 Fuel Cell to
travel a total of 594km on a single refuel. Maximum speed is 160 km/h, and
it can reliably start in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius.
(-25°C). The energy developed is stored in a 24 kW lithium-polymer
battery.

World’s first mass produced Fuel Cell vehicleAs the
first car company in the world to assembly line-produce fuel cell vehicles,
Hyundai has enabled not just the real start of Europe’s Hydrogen
Roadmap but also accelerated London’s plans to become one of the
major hydrogen capitals of the world.

Hyundai’s philosophy behind the ix35 Fuel Cell project has been to
produce a car offering the same practicality, safety levels and driving
experience as an ix35 driven by an internal combustion engine, but with
zero tailpipe emissions. That means comparable performance – 162kmh
maximum, 0-100kmh in 12.5 seconds and a range of almost 600km from each
tank – but with no emissions. The only emission is water.

A Fuel Cell vehicle can be refilled in two to three minutes and, in use,
an ix35 FCEV demands no compromise from the driver. Although Hyundai has
been developing its Fuel Cell vehicles for more than 15 years, it is only
now - with the start of a viable hydrogen refuelling network in place in
some parts of the world - it can consider putting a fuel cell car into
series production.

Although there is currently no hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in
Australia, Hyundai Motor Company Australia (HMCA) is watching developments
overseas with interest and is in constant communication with the parent
company about future opportunities.